Arthur Harari
Arthur Harari | |
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 Arthur Harari at the special lunch for nominees of the 2017 César Awards | |
| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Paris, France |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Partner | Justine Triet |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Clément Harari (grandfather) |
Arthur Harari (born 1981 in Paris) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the crime drama Dark Inclusion, which he followed up in 2021 with the adventure drama Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle. For his screenplay of the legal drama Anatomy of a Fall (2023), which he co-wrote with Justine Triet, Harari received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Career
After three shorts and a medium-length film, he directed his debut feature film Dark Inclusion, a heist film and family revenge drama about diamond dealers in Antwerp.
His second feature film, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, was selected to be screened as the opening film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. With his co-writer Vincent Poymiro, Harari received the César Award for Best Original Screenplay in February 2022.
Personal life
Harari is the grandson of the Egyptian-French actor Clément Harari. His brother, Tom, is a cinematographer. His brother, Lucas, is a graphic novelist.
Harari is in a relationship with director Justine Triet, with whom he has two children. Harari co-wrote the screenplays for her films Sibyl (2019) and Anatomy of a Fall (2023), the latter of which received the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Harari signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages. At the 29th Lumières Awards ceremony on 22 January 2024, Harari commented that he was "disgusted by what the Israeli government is doing in Gaza". He also condemned the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel but further "argued that the responsibility to end the war in Gaza lies with the Israeli leadership".
Filmography
As filmmaker
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2005 | Des jours dans la rue | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2006 | Le Petit | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2007 | La Main sur la gueule | Yes | Yes | Medium-length film | |
| 2013 | Peine perdue | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2015 | Dark Inclusion | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Vincent Poymiro and Agnès Feuvre | |
| 2016 | Manodopera | No | Yes | Short film; co-written with Loukianos Moshonas | |
| 2019 | Sibyl | No | Yes | Co-written with Justine Triet | |
| 2021 | Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Vincent Poymiro | |
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | No | Yes | Co-written with Justine Triet |
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2010 | La République | Énarque 3 | Nicolas Pariser | Short film | |
| 2011 | Panexlab | Olivier Seror | Medium-length film | ||
| 2012 | La Grève des ventres | Alexandre | Lucie Borleteau | Short film | |
| 2013 | Age of Panic | Arthur | Justine Triet | ||
| 2014 | Think of Me | Guard | Shanti Masud | Short film | |
| La Nuit tombe | Benjamin Papin | Short film | |||
| 2015 | Dix-sept ans pour toujours | Clément | Aurélia Morali | Short film | |
| Dark Inclusion | Policier Paris | Arthur Harari | |||
| 2016 | Le Dieu bigorne | Le père de Vinca | Benjamin Papin | Medium-length film | |
| In Bed with Victoria | Le dresseur de chimpanzé | Justine Triet | |||
| 2017 | Le lion est mort ce soir | Le projectionniste | Nobuhiro Suwa | ||
| 2019 | Sibyl | Dr. Katz | Justine Triet | ||
| 2023 | The Goldman Case | Maître Georges Kiejman | Cédric Kahn | ||
| Anatomy of a Fall | Le critique littéraire | Justine Triet |